The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-23
French Cabinet Crisis Averted by With
draWal OF the Ministry's Demands.
The Electors of Berlin District Afforded an
Opportunity to Cast Their Ballots for
Either Gen. Von Moltke or Prof. Virchow.
ENGLISH POLITICS.

fall and Reconciliation with Gladstone.
Special to the Indianapolis sourna,.
LONDON, Jan. 22-Mr Chamberlain is pre-
pairing to repeat the famous three acres and
COW amendment which threw over the Conserv-
ative government of last year He will, if be
can, upset the present Ministry before the COM
ing session is two months old. He is sick of op-
position, with its ambuscades in the cold,
and its bushwbacking That ungovernabe
spirit OF unrest which possesses him, which
makes him everything bv turns and
nothing long, is bearing him impetuously
INTO Inc arms OF Mr.. Gladstone who smiles from
afar. with hospitable bosom turned to the erring
ones So far as Mr.. Chamberlain is concerned,
the little petulant, mutnous dissatisfaction
with the growing Csesarism of Mr. Gladstone's
third premiership, eliminating in the cele-
brated resignation of last June, has, to large
extent, been forgotten, and now the states
man who declared he would never
again hold Office under Mr. Gladstone
is ready to bury the Ratchet of
Liberal dissension The fact is, Mr. Chamber
lain Is very much in earnest now. Mr.. Glad
stone also IS very much IN earnest, as are also
Mr. John Morley, Sir George Treyelyan and Sir
William Vernon Harcourt The conferees will
m set again next week. when an agreement will
undoubtedly be formulated which will bring
about q. reunion of the Gladstone e. Chamber ain
sections. But the government looks on with
Mark Tapleyian cheerfulness, confident that, as
Lord harrington remains true to them, he, with
his following, will insure them a majority of
twenty in every trial. So say the Conservative
whips That is certainly the irreduciblo min
imum OF majority, and it may dwindle down
to zero at any moment
It's stated on excellent authority, this after
noon, that notwithstanding the publication Of
the outlines of an alleged government coercion
Dill, Lord Salisbury intends to steer clear of
such dangerous rock. The Tories favorine
the adoption of such policy only demand CO.
ercion act in the event of Mr.. Dillon and the
other Irish traversers being acquitted at the Feb
ruary assizes. But before February is over,
Parliament will probably be neck deep in con-
tentions of all kinds, and to clear the way for a
crimes act will not be an easy matter. More
over, it may seriously be questioned whether
the government majority. even if the scheme
for the reunion of the Gladstone Cham berlain
sections shoule fail, would stand the strain of
dragging a coercion bill through Parliament
Looking at the matter all round, perhaps the
brightest point in the resignation of Lord Ran
dolph Churchill is that it will stay the govern
ment from riding the high hobby horse in Ire
land. BY February it will probably be found
that Sir Michael Hicks Beach has put such
pressure upon unreasonable landlords that the
plan of Campaign" will be useless ard, con-
sequently, discontinued.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, in an address deliv-
cred at Hawiick tonight, expressed the belief
that, from what had passed at the recent round
table conference, complete agreement with the
Liberals might be attained. He asked the Lib
erals to await in hope and confidence the the re-
suit of further deliberations. 'Ireland had too
long" he declared, 'been the playground Of
paid agitators. The land question ought to he
dealt with in such a way as to finally make the
cultivators the owners, and enlarge the small
holdings. The tenants will never be satisfied
while there is a hone of getting the land for
nothing which hope formed the basis of the
present plan of campaign
The speaker then went on to danounce This
movement as the most immoral and dishonest
conspiracy ever devised in civilized country.
In conclusion, Mr. Chamberlain expressed him.
self as hopeful that the question of autonomy
for Ireland would be eventually settled upon the
principle OF providing legislative authority for
the management of its domestic affairs with a
provision preserving the rights Of the minorities
and the integrity of the empire.